Swinging loop handle construction



June 29, 1948. H H. MCCARL 2,444,056

SWINGING LOOP HANDLE CONSTRUCTION Filed July 19, 1945 IN VEN TOR.

Howard #150; M cWL B Y 4% La Fwd Patented June 29, 1948 I UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE p a swmGmG Loor HANDLECAO'NSTRUCTION, '1 Howard Hinds McCarl, hingt n, n; C. r Applicationluly. 19, 194s,;seia1"nolcoaois V 2 Claims. (crie -12c) 1 (Granted under the act of Mai-ch 3, 1883; as amended ApriL30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757) The invention described herein,.if patented may and at r'ight angls thereto; Each abutment fi be manufactured and used by orfor theGovernhas a semi-circular'cutout'l. l ment for governmental purposes w-ithout the pay- The handle or bailZ is circular in cross-section, ment to me of any royalty thereon. is made of metalorotlirsuitablematerial, and This invention relates generally to a handle has arms 8 havingthe free ends9 thereof in construction and has particular relation to hanwardly bent to formfingers for insertion incircudles for receptacles, chests, pans, or the like. laropenings in extending-through theupstand- An object of thisinvention is to provide an iming portions 5 of theke'epr I p ov han l nstruction h vin means to pr Inop'eration, when the handle 2' is graspedfor vent the handle from swinging to a position above 10 lifting th receptacle, the handle will first swing the horizontal and means to prevent outward upwardly until the handle arms 8 are received in displ m n f the han le arms While in horithe cut cuts 1 which will act as stops to limit upzontal position. ward movement of the handle arms to substan- A further object of this invention is to protially ahorizontal position. Then while the hanvide an improved swinging handle in the form of dle arms 8 cooperate with the stops I, the recepa bail whose free ends are supported in a keeper tacle can he lifted.

attached to a receptacle, the keeper having abut- It is to be noted that the radius of curvature of ment means to limit the upw r swin in mov the cut outs 1 is substantially equal to the radius ment of the handle and said abutment means of curvature of the handle arms 8 to provide for also being adapted to prevent endwise displacea close surface contact of the parts when the ment of the free ends of the bail. arms 8 are in the raised position to prevent free Other o j cts and advanta s of the pr s play of the arms and to insure the arms being invention will appear in the following detailed derigidly held in position. Thus the cut outs or ption and be part y pointed out in th stops 1 not only limit upward movement of the appended claims, reference being had to the 3.0- arms 8 but also limit sidewise movement of the companying drawing forming part of this specihandle arms when in raised position. Thus it fication, and in which: is evident that the portions I l of the stops 1 pre- Figure 1 is an elevational view of a receptacle vent outward displacement of the arms 8. This showing the handle construction of this invenfeature is particularly important in the handle tion applied thereto; construction disclosed herein in which th fin- Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the hangers 9 of the handle arms are merely inserted in dle construction showing the handle in raised openings or apertures In with no means to preposition, with part of the handle cut away to vent outward displacement of the fingers out of clearly show the construction; the openings other than the rigidity of the mate- Figure 3 is a side elevational view showing the rial of which the handle is constructed. In the handle in a freely hanging vertical position; construction of this invention the extensions H Figure 4 is a plan view; and also serve to prevent endwise outward displace- Figure 5 is an enlarged detail showing the semiment of fingers 9 du n l n ion when a irc lar st strain is put on handle arms 8 and abutments 6. Th Specific receptacle Shown in Figure 1 is t 40 Thus positive means are provided to prevent the ubje t matter of an appncation, sen free ends 9 from slipping out of their sockets. 016, filed July 19, 1945. While the invention has been described in more or less detail, it is not to be limited thereby, as changes may be made in the form, arrangement and construction of parts, and equivalents may be substituted, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the form hereinbeiore described being merely a preferred embodiment Referring to the drawing in greater detail, the handle construction comprises a keeper l and a handle or ball 2. The keeper is made of metal or other suitable material and is suitably fastened by spot welding or by other means to the receptacle 3, as shown in Figure 1. Normally the handle th r if. construction is applied to opposite ends of the z ig claim is: receptacle 1. A handle construction comprising a one- The keeper 1S c-ompnsed a body portion 4, piece keeper and a permanently attached handle, upstandmg portions 5 extending from the body Said keeper being adapted to be fa tened to a portion a t rlght angles thereto, and abutreceptacle and comprising a flat substantially obments 6 extending from th upstanding portions long body ti upstanding nd rti ns bent up from the extreme ends of the body portion and coextensive with the width of the body portion, and extending at right angles thereto, abutments formed on the outer ends of said upstanding portions and extending at an angle thereto, said abutments provided with substantially semi-circular cub-outs,said.iupstandingaportions :provided with apertures; the handle being in bail form with side arms terminating in fingers positioned in said apertures, the side arms of the handle bar-'- ing formed of material of circular cross section and adapted to engage the semi-circular cut-outs when in operative position, whereby.- when the handle is raised the abutments act to limit the upward movement of the handle and prevent lateral displacement of the fingers from the apertures.

2. A handle'construction comprising; a one-'- piece keeper and a permanently attached handle;

said keeper adapted to be fastened to a receptacle andcomprisi-ng a fiat substantially oblong body portion, upstanding end portions bentup from the extreme ends of the bodyportion and-coextensive Numberwith the width of thebodyportion and extending at -right angles -thereto, outwardly: directed extensions on the. ends:- of i the upstandin end portions-located in a plane parallel tothebody portion and providing abutments,- said lateral exten-- sions provided with i substantially semi-circular REFERENCES CITED 'llie'followi'ng references are of record in the file-of this patent:

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